COMMUNITY SING

Evening Star, Issue 25927, 19 October 1946, Page 12

COMMUNITY SING

APPEAL FAR LEPER FUND The twenty-first community sing of the. season was held in the Strand Theatre yesterday, there being a good attendance. The guest performer was Miss Jessie Hodges, a “ yodelling cowgirl,” who was well received. As usual, Mr H. P. Desmoulins was assisted by Mr J. F. Himburg, with Mr Alf. Pettitt at the piano. The day’s collection amounted to £125, and was in aid of the Leper Fund. There are only two more community sings this season, and next week’s sing is to aid the health camps. A special programme is being arranged by Mr E ; . Maefarlane, The donations and promises were as follows:—£20: A. W. Jones, Tweed l street; (Invercargill). £10: Mrs J, Matheson, Tay street (Invercargill). £5: R. S. Brown, Signal Hill road; “Weekly”; Royal Dunedin Male Choir (food for Britain); “ Kyeburnl” £3 17s: Staff and' patients, Hollybrook Hospital (Mosgiel). £3 4s: Patients and nurses, Pleasant Valley. ! £2 2s: Sandy and Bonny, Waipiata Sanatorium. £2: “ D,” of Dunedin; 279 Lee street; “ Visitor from Ashburton ”; Mrs Gilbert (Waiwera); Nursing staff, Mater Hospital; “Anonymous ” (Dunrobin); “ Appreciation ” (for Noeline and Fay’s items); “ Anonymous “ Two Grateful Patients.” £1 10s: “ Three Deborah Bay Sympathisers”; “Opoho.” £1 7s 6d: Staff of Stella Factory. £1 7s: Arthur Gill’s staff. £1 ss: Staff of City Dye Works. £1 Is: G. Ellison (51 Cargill street); Mary McHardy (Adam’s Flat). £1: “ Wellwisher ” (Adam’s Flat); It. Smith (Balclutha); “ Mum ” (Milton) j Mrs M. Pennell (Kaitangata); “ Cripple ” ; “ Anonymous ” (Musselburgh); “ C.C..”; “E.1.J.”; Waiwera South (food for Britain); “ Sympathiser ” (Hampden) ; “ Ex-Waaf ”; “ Three. Sympathisers ” (Maori Hill); Mrs Aitcheson; “’Prince Traders” (Princess street); “Patearoa”; H. Winter (North-east Valley); R. J. O’Sullivan, 12 Gamma street (Roslyn); O’Malley family (St. Kilda) ; “ \Vellwisher ” (Crookston); Grey family (Abbotsford); Hand family; John Asher (Abbotsford); Glencairn (Poinahaka); Sally Francis and “ Wuzzie’s Ma ”; Mrs H. Sutherland (Balclutha); Mrs llandey (Chalmers street) • “E. J.” ; Barry (Outram); Mrs Burrell (Mornington); “Friend” (Loyalty street); Mr and Mrs Joyce (Duke street); Mrs Benson (Port Chalmers); from “Milton”; P. J. Twomey (Christchurch); 15s: A department (Mackintosh Caley); Williams family (Waimate). 12s: Blue Room, Reckitt and Colmnn. 10s: Mrs F. Cooney (Brydone); “ Two Sons and Mother” (Invercargill); “ McNamara Band ” (Dunedin); “Nobody”; Pendergast family (Hyde); “Connell street”; “Widow Pensioner” (Minton); Jay and Francis (Owaka).; Margaret and Beverly (Roslyn); Timothy Thomson (Hindon): Mrs Hunter, store (Kaikorai); Islington street; Mrs C. (Ilighgate); Cake Shop (North-east Valley); 50 Ferguson street; 108 Bay View road; 407 Castle street; “E. W.S.”; “ Irish Colleen ” (Reckitt and Colinan); Thelma and Elizabeth; “ Anonymous Joan Elaine (26 Murray street); 280 Oxford street; Brian and Denny; Anison Jane; Finlayson; 103 Norfolk street (St. Clair); “ Four Generations ” (Mosgiel); Gert and Lill (Mornington); 30 Peel street; “ The Kids ” (728 Cumberland street); “Speedy Girls”; Audrey (Duke street); Margaret; “ Tram •Pal.” 7s 6d: Kathleen (Owaka Valley). os: Miss Pound; Master Allan Casey (333 Queen street); “Anonymous” (for Noeline’s songs)“ A.B. C.” (Portobello); Mrs Richmond. ss: “Scotty” (Caversham); “ E.F. C. (Rutherford street); A. J. Crystal Coy.; Joyce, Brian and Noel (Ravensbourne); Wee Edward (88 Bridgman street); Eulalie Angel (237 Main North road); Robert Dickens (Castle street); Patricia Ann Murdoch; Mrs D. Smith (Belleknowes); “ Two G irls ” at Wax 'Works. 2s 6d: Shirley Besnerson. Goods, etc.Vedic (weekly) ; Miss Artlett (St. Kilda); pair gloves, baby’s matinee coat, bed jacket, Mrs B. Umbers, Mrs G. Smith, Mrs Fraser.